Garment and collar construction



Aug. 29, I950 E. GOLDSON GARMENT AND COLLAR CONSTRUCTION Filed Feb. 28,1949 tg AlNf 60L DSON IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 29, 1950 GARMENT AND GOLLAR CONSTRUCTION ElaineGoldson, Great Saughall, Cheshire, England Application February 28,1948, Serial No. 11,997 In Great Britain August '7, 1946 Section 1,Public Law 690, August 8, 1946 Patent expires August '7, 1966 2 Claims.

This invention relates to coats, jackets, and the like garments(hereinafter, for convenience of description, referred to as coat) moreparticularly for womens wear; and aims to provide such a garment whichmay be worn with or without 2. provided collar, as may he preferred.

According to my invention, the neck portion of a coat, jacket or likegarment, all hereinafter included in the term coat, for personal wear ismade and finished without a collar, but between the cloth layers-4. e.between the coat cloth itself and the conventional facing-'there isformed in each front portion of the neck a pocket opening wherein issecured a fastener component (or components) usually of press-stud type;and spacedly arranged around the inside of said collarless neck at asuitable distance below the edge thereof are further fastener componentsand for use in the combination with such a coat, as and when the wearers desires, I provide a collar pieceusua1ly of the same material as thatof the coat-of appropriate shape and having been so severed that endportions thereof are in the form of tongues to which the co-operatingcom ponents of said coat pocket fasteners are secured: also fastenercomponents are secured on the outerside of the collar near its loweredge, these being spacedly arranged to correspond with those of thecoats neck.

Preferably said tongues are reinforced or stiffened as by means ofCelluloid, rubber or other suitable resilient material.

In fitting the collar to the coat, said tongues of the former areentered into said pocket openings of the coats neck and detachablyfastened therein; the collar is also engaged by its spaced fastenercomponents with those of the inside of the coats neck.

I will further describe my invention with the aid of the accompanyingsheet of explanatory drawings which illustrate, by way of example andnot of limitation, one mode of embodying same.

In said drawings:

Fig. 1 shows the upper portion of a collarless coat, and Fig. 2 is aview of the collar.

Fig. 3 illustrates the coat and collar when detachably assembledtogether, but prior to the collar being turned down, and Fig. 4 is aview showing the collar when draped over the coats neck.

It is to be noted that in Fig. 1 the pocket openings appear as ifgaping, but, of course, in actual Wear, the clothes layers will lieflatly against each other, so that the splits will not be noticeable.

In generally designates a garment coat for womens wear which is tailoredwithout a 001- lar and may be so worn, and H, H indicate pocket-likeopenings formed between the cloth layers l2, I3 l3, l3 representing thefacing pieces of the same material as that of the coat) at therespectivewhen the coat is donned-front neck portions and in each ofwhich pocket openings l I a fastener component [4 of press-stud type issewn. Further press-stud fastener components iii are spacedly sewnaround the inside of said coilarless neck just below the upper edgethere of, and being of course, concealed from view when the coat isbeing worn without the collar.

it denotes a collar piece made of the same cloth as that of the coat,and the end portions whereof have been cut to create tongues 88 to eachof which tongues a co-operating fastener component M is sewn. Alsofastener components W spacedly arranged to correspond with those l5 ofthe coats neck are sewn on to the outerside of collar it near its loweredge.

In fitting collar Hi to the coat it, said tongues it of the formerprovided with resilient stiffenin strips l l of Celluloid or the like,concealed between the two layers of cloth of which the collar iscomposed, are entered into said pocket openings ll of the coats neck anddetachably secured therein by fasteners I i, M collar 98 is also engagedby its spaced fasteners it' with those it of the inside of the neck: Thecollar is after attachment draped over the edge of the coats neck, andthis without becoming creased or wrinkled.

It is to be noted that application of the collar to and its removal fromthe coat may be quickly and conveniently effected.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A garment comprising in combination a collarless coat formed at itsneck portion of two layers of cloth, said coat having pocket openingsprovided in the top of each front neck portion and between said clothlayers, fastener components mounted in each of said pocket openings,additional fastener components spacedly mounted around the inside ofsaid neck at a suitable distance below the edge thereof and a collarmember having end portions thereof forming tongues each capable ofentering one of said coat pockets, fastener components each carried byone of said tongues for engaging the component in the correspondingpocket, and further fastener components carried on the outside of saidcollar and adapted for engaging the components around the inside of saidcoat neck, and means for stiffening said collar tongues.

2. A garment comprising in combination a collarless coat formed at itsneck portion of two layers of cloth, said coat having pocket openingsprovided in the top of each front neck portion and between said clothlayers, fastener components mounted in each of said pocket openings,additional fastener components spacedly mounted around the inside ofsaid neck at a suitable distance below the edge thereof, and a collarmember having end portions thereof forming tongues each capable ofentering one of said coat pockets, said collar being formed by twolayers of material, stiffening strips positioned between said layers ofcollar material with each in one of said tongues, fastener componentseach carried by one of said tongues for engaging the component in thecorresponding pocket, and further fastener 4 components carried on theoutside of said collar and adapted for engaging the components aroundthe inside of said coat neck.

ELAINE GOLDSON.

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